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CONTENTS. 


1.  Bibliography  of  Bibliographies, 

2.  General  Bibliographical  Works, 

3.  Annual  Reports  and  Summaries, 

4.  Books  published  in  the  United  States, 

British  Isles, 
France, 
7-        '■  "  "        Germany, 

5.  Publications  of  Learned  Societies,  etc., 
9.   Theses,  Programs,  etc.,   . 

10.  Magazines  and  Newspapers,    . 

11.  Collected  Essays  in  English,  . 

12.  Bibliographies  of  Selected  Topics  ; — 
a.   History  and  Biography, 

/'.   Archaeology  and  Art, 
(.   Classical  Philology  and  Literature, 
ti.   Italian  Philology  and  Literature, 
1-.   French  Philology  and  Literature, 


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BIBLIOGRAPHICAL   WORKS    FOR    THE 
STUDENT  OF  ENGLISH. 


[This  list  is  issued  in  connection  with  a  lecture  on  bibliography 
delivered  before  the  English  Club  of  Yale  University.  Its  chief  aim 
is  to  give  such  reference  books  as  are  of  general  use  to  students 
of  English,  but,  in  order  to  make  the  list  of  more  value  for  its  special 
purpose,  bibliographies  are  also  given  on  a  few  related  topics.] 

I.     Bibliography  of  Bibliographies. 

J.  Petzholdt's  Bibliotheca  hibliographica  (Leipzig,  1886), 
L.  Vallee's  Biblio graphic  des  bibliographies  (2  vols.,  Paris, 
1883-87),  and  H.  Stein's  Manuel  de  bibliographie  generale 
(Paris,  1897),  are  all  useful.  In  English  the  best  are  G.  W. 
Porter's  List  of  Bibliographical  Works  in  the  Reading 
Room  of  the  British  Museum  (2nd  ed.,  Lond.,  1889),  and 
J.  L.  Whitney's  Handbook  for  Readers:  Bibliographies  of 
Special  Subjects  in  the  Boston  Public  Library  (9th  ed., 
Boston,  1890). 

2.     General  Bibliographical  Works. 

W.  S.  Sonnenschein's  Best  Books  (2nd  ed.,  Lond.,  1891) 
is  a  list  of  about  50,000  volumes  in  every  department  of 
knowledge,  arranged  by  subjects;  it  was  supplemented  in 
1894  by  the  Reader's  Guide,  of  almost  equal  size,  bringing  the 
record  down  to  the  end  of  1893.  G  K.  Fortescue's  Subject- 
Index  of  Modern  Works  added  to  the  British  Museum  is  in 
3  volumes  (1880-85,  1886-90,  1890-95);  a  fourth  (1895- 
1900)  is  in  preparation. 

Printed  catalogues  of  large  libraries  are  good  general 
bibliographies.  The  British  Museum  Catalogue  of  Printed 
Books  is  now  practically  completed,  and  a  Supplement  (to 
be  finished  in  two  years)  \\\\\  bring  it  down  to  the  end  of 


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Memoranda  of  Additional  Books. 


1899;  many  of  the  headings  (e.  g.,  Bible,  Aristotle,  Luther, 
Napoleon,  Dante,  Shakespeare)  have  also  been  issued 
separately.  The  French  Bibliotheque  Nationale  has  begun 
the  publication  of  its  Catalogue  generate  des  livres  imprimes, 
and  three  volumes  (A-Ari)  have  been  issued.  The  cata- 
logues of  the  Peabody  Institute  at  Baltimore  (5  vols., 
1883-92;  Suppl.,  1896-99),  and  of  the  Boston  Athenaeum 
(5  vols.,  1874-82)  should  be  familiar  to  every  student. 

Much  valuable  bibliographical  information  is  contained  in 
Notes  and  Queries  (Lond.,  weekly,  1849  to  date)  ;  there  is 
a  general  index  to  each  series  of  12  volumes.  Each  volume 
of  the  Great  Writers  series  has  a  careful  bibliography  by 
J.  P.  Anderson  of  the  British  Museum. 

3.     Annual  Reports  and  Summaries. 

Annual  summaries  exist  for  every  great  department  of 
knowledge — e.  g.,  the  Jahresbericht  der  classischen  Alter- 
iumswissenchaft  (1873-99),  ^-  Germanischen  Philologie 
(1879-98),  d.  Romanischeti  Philologie  (1890-96),  d.  Ge- 
schichtswissenschaft  (1878-98)  ;  the  Jahrbuch  fiir  National- 
okonomie  nnd  Statistik  (1863-1900);  the  Pddagogischer 
Jahresbericht  ( 1885-1889)  ;  etc. 

4.     Books  published  in  the  United  States. 

The  United  States  Catalog  (Minneapolis,  1900)  is  an 
author-list  of  books  in  print,  1899 ;  it  has  a  title-index,  but  no 
subject-index.  It  is  supplemented  by  the  monthly  Cumula- 
tive Book  Index  (Minnp.,  1898  to  date),  which  is  an  author-, 
title-,  and  subject-list  of  new  publications ;  as  each  issue 
incorporates  that  of  the  previous  month,  it  is  necessary  to 
look  in  but  one  place  for  any  book  of  the  year.  The  Ameri- 
can Catalog  (N.  Y.,  1880)  gives  a  list  of  books  in  print 
and  for  sale  on  July  ist,  1876.  Supplements  cover  the  years 
1876-84,  1884-90,  1890-95,  1895-1900.  "The  Annual  Ameri- 
can Catalog  (N.  Y.,  1886-1900)  is  cumulated  from  the 
Publishers'   Weekly   (N.  Y.,   1872  to  date),  which  is  the 


Memoranda  of  Additional  Books. 


original  record  at  the  foundation  of  American  trade-bibli- 
ography. The  Publishers'  Weekly  also  cumulates  its  entries 
quarterly.  The  Publishers'  Trade  List  Annual  (N.  Y.,  1873- 
1900)  is  a  collection  of  publishers'  catalogues  arranged 
alphabetically  by  firm-names;  fuller  titles  and  descriptions 
are  given  than  are  to  be  found  in  lists  previously  mentioned, 
but  dates  are  generally  omitted,  and  the  name  of  the  pub- 
lisher must  be  known  before  the  work  can  be  used. 

For  the  older  American  books,  J.  Sabin's  unfinished  Dic- 
tionary of  Books  relating  to  America  (20  vols.,  N.  Y.,  1868- 
92)  is  undoubtedly  the  best  catalogue,  but  its  great  cost 
($500)  makes  it  generally  inaccessible.  Use  must,  therefore, 
be  made  of  the  list  of  American  books  to  1776  appended  to 
I.  Thomas'  History  of  Printing  in  America  (2nd  ed.,  2  vols., 
Albany,  1874)  ;  to  Triibner  &  Co.'s  Bibliographical  Guide 
to  American  Literature  (Lond.,  1855)  ;  to  O.  A.  Roorbach's 
Bibliotheca  Americana,  1820-1860  (4  vols.,  N.  Y.,  1852-61)  ; 
and  to  J.  Kelly's  American  Catalogue,  1861-70  (2  vols., 
N.  Y.,  1866-71).  Consult  also  special  local* lists  such  as 
J.  Williamson's  Bibliography  of  Maine  (2  vols.,  Portland, 
1896). 

S.  A.  Allibone's  Critical  Dictionary  of  English  Literature 
(3  vols.,  Phila.,  1859-71),  with  its  supplement  by  J.  F.  Kirk 
(2  vols.,  Phila.,  1891)  is  useful  biographically  as  well  as 
bibliographically.  A  chief  use  of  it  is  for  its  references  to 
reviews  and  other  critical  notices. 

5.     Books  published  in  the  British  Isles. 

J.  Whitaker's  Reference  Catalogue  of  Current  Literature 
(last  ed.  in  2  vols.,  Lond.,  1898)  is  a  collection  of  publishers' 
catalogues  arranged  alphabetically  by  firm-names ;  a  good 
author-,  title-,  and  subject-index  is  prefixed  to  the  first 
volume. 

Current  publications  are  listed  in  the  Publishers'  Circular 
(Lond.,  1837  to  date,  weekly),  and  cumulated  into  the  annual 
English    Catalogue   of   Books    (Lond.,    1863- 1900).      The 


Memoranda  of  Additional  Books. 


latter  work  is  published  also  in  five  volumes  (1835-62,  1863- 
71,  1872-80,  1881-89,  1890-97).  These  are  all  author-lists. 
The  English  Catalogue  has,  however,  issued  an  Index  of 
Subjects  for  the  years  1837-57,  1856-75,  1,874-80,  and  1881- 
89 ;  from  1890  the  author-,  title-,  and  subject-lists  are  in  a 
single  alphabet. 

For  earlier  English  books  consult  G.  Bullen's  Catalogue 
of  English  Books  in  the  British'  Museum  to  1640  (3  vols., 
Lond.,  1884)  ;  E.  Arber's  Transcripts  of  the  Registers  of 
the  Company  of  Stationers  of  London  between  1 554-1660 
(5  vols.,  Lond.,  1875)  ;  R.  Clavell's  Catalogue  of  Books, 
1666-1700;  the  London  Catalogue,  1700-1855;  R.  Watt's 
Bibliotheca  Britannica  (4  vols.,  Edinb.,  1824),  and  W.  T. 
Lowndes's  Bibliographer's  Manual  of  English  Literature, 
edited  by  H.  G.  Bohn  (11  parts,  Lond.,  1869).  Consult 
also  the  lists  of  new  books  printed  in  each  number  of  the 
Gentleman's  Magazine,  the  London  Magazine,  etc.,  in  the 
eighteenth  century;  also  local  bibliographies  such  as  R. 
Bowes's  Catalogue  of  Books,  printed  at  Cambridge  (Camb., 
1894). 

The  British  Museum  Catalogue  {supra)  is  of  course 
especially  valuable  for  British  and  Irish  publications.  AUi- 
bone's  Critical  Dictionary  {supra)  is  as  useful  for  English 
as  for  American  books.  Careful  bibliographies  are  usually 
appended  to  articles  in  the  Dictionary  of  National  Biography 
{infra). 

6.     Books  published  in  France. 

For  French  books  consult  J.  M.  Querard's  various  bibli- 
ographies— his  France  litteraire  (12  vols.,  Paris,  1827-64), 
La  litterature  frangaise  contemporaine,  1827-40  (6  vols., 
Paris,  1840-57) — which,  with  O.  Lorenz  and  D.  Jordell's 
Catalogue  de  la  librairie  frangaise,  1840-90  (13  vols., 
Paris,  1867-96)  make  a  record  covering  1700-1890;  a  new 
volume  of  Jordell  covering  1891-99  is  now  publishing. 
D.  Jordell's    Catalogue    annuel    de    la    librairie    frangaise 


Memoranda  of  Additional  Books. 


(Paris,  1849-99),  and  his  Repertoire  bibliographique 
(monthly)  bring  the  French  Hsts  to  date.  The  Bibli- 
ographie  de  la  France  is  the  official  list,  and  covers  the  years 
181 1  to  date;  it  is  issued  weekly,  H.  Le  Soudier's  Bibli- 
ographie  frangaise  (2d  ed.,  Paris,  1896;  new  ed.  announced) 
is  a  collection  of  publishers'  catalogues  arranged  alphabet- 
ically by  firm-names ;  it  has  an  excellent  index.  For 
incunabula  see  G.  Brunet's  La  France  litteraire  au  XV' 
siccle  (Paris,  1865). 

7.     Books  published  in  Germany. 

In  Germany  the  chief  help  is  C.  G.  Kayser's  Vollstdndiges 
Biicher-Lexikon,  1750-1898  (30  vols.,  Leipzig,  1833-1900)  ; 
it  has  subject-indexes  for  the  years  1750- 1832,  and  1891-98. 
J.  C.  Hinrichs'  Halbjahrs-Katalog  and  his  Wochentliches 
Verzeichnis  bring  the  German  lists  to  date.  The  Allge- 
meines  Bilcher-Lexicon  of  W.  Heinsius,  which  covers  the 
period  1700  to  1892,  is  no  longer  published.  A.  Russell's 
Gesammtz^erlags-Katalog  {iy\o\s.,  1881-93)  is  a  collection  of 
publishers'  catalogues  issued  in  Germany,  Austria,  and  Ger- 
man Switzerland ;  there  is  no  general  index.  J.  Kiirschner's 
Deutscher  Litteratnr-Kalender  (22  vols.,  Leipzig,  1879- 
1900)  is  an  annual  list  of  living  German  writers  and  their 
publications. 

8.     Publications  of  Learned  Societies,  etc. 

The  last  volume  of  Lowndes  {supra)  records  the  publica- 
tions of  English  literary  and  scientific  societies,  printing 
clubs,  private  presses,  and  similar  exceptional  issues,  to  1863  ; 
the  record  is  continued  in  the  English  Catalogue  of  Books 
{supra)  to  1899.  For  the  years  1884  to  date,  see  also  the 
Year-book  of  the  Scientific  and  Learned  Societies  of  Great 
Britain  and  Ireland  (16  vols.,  Lond.).  The  British 
Museum  Catalogue  (under  the  heading  "Academies")  is  of 
great  service  for  British  and  foreign  publications  of  this 


Memoranda  of  Additional  Books. 


character.      The   Royal    Society's    Catalogue   of  Scientific 
Papers,  1800-1883  (11  vols.,  Lond.,  1867-96),  is  an  author- 
list  of  the  articles  in  1500  periodical  publications,  but  it  deals        ^  >,^&t;^ 
only  with  the  mathematical  and  physical  sciences.     S.  H.  a 

Scudder's  Catalogue  of  Scientific  Serials,  1633-1876  (Camb., 
Mass.,  1879),  and  H.  C.  Bolton's  Catalogue  of  Scientific  and 
Technical  Periodicals,  1665-1895  (2d  ed.,  1897)  are  con- 
cerned with  pure  and  applied  science.  R.  R.  Bowker's 
Publications  of  American  Scientific,  Literary,  and  other 
Societies  from  their  Organisation  (N,  Y.,  1899)  is  the 
best  general  guide.  For  French  academies  see  E. 
Lefevre-Pontalis'  Bibliographic  des  societes  savantes  de 
la  France  (Paris,  1887).  J.  Miiller's  Die  zviss ens c haft- 
lichen  Vereine  iind  Gesellschaften  Deutschlands  (Berlin, 
1883-88)  is  well  done ;  many  German  academical  publica- 
tions are  also  indexed  in  F.  Dietrich's  Bibliographic  der 
Zeitschriften  ( infra ) . 

9.     Theses,  Programs,  etc. 

For  German  dissertations,  etc.,  consult  R.  Klussmann's 
Systematisches  Verseichnis  der  Abhandlungen  in  den 
Schulschriften,  1876-85,  1886-90,  1890-93  (3  vols.,  Leipzig)  ; 
the  lists  issued  by  the  Konigliche  Bibliothek  in  Berlin 
entitled  Jahres-Verzeichniss  der  an  den  deutschen  Schul- 
anstalten  erschienenen  Abhandlungen  (Berlin,  1890,  etc.), 
and  J ahres-V erseichniss  der  an  den  deutschen  Universitdten 
erschienenen  Abhandlungen  (Berlin,  1887,  etc.)  ;  also  G. 
Fock's  Bibliographischer  Monatsbericht  iiber  neu  erschie- 
nene  Schul-  und  Universitdtsschriften  (since  Oct.,  1889). 

Swiss  theses  are  listed  in  the  Jahresverseichnis  der 
schiveiserischen  Universitdtsschriften  (since  Oct.,  1889). 

For  French  theses  see  A.  Alourier  and  F.  Deltour's 
Notice  sur  le  doctorat-cs-lettres,  suivie  du  catalogue  et  de 
V analyse  des  theses  latines  et  frangaises  admises  par  les 
Facultcs  des  lettres  depuis  1810  (nouv.  ed.,  Paris,  1880)  ; 
and  H.  Welter's  Les  theses  de  lettres  soutenues  en  France 


Memoranda  of  Additional  Books. 


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(Paris,  1896).  The  Ministere  de  I'lnstruction  publique  has 
published  annually  since  1884-85  a  Catalogue  des  theses  et 
ccrits  acadciniques  publics  en  France;  there  is  a  general 
index  every  five  years. 

There  are  also  lists  on  special  subjects,  such  as  H.  Vam- 
hagen's  Systematisches  Veraeichniss  der  Programinabhand- 
Inngen,  Dissertationen,  u.  s.  w.,  aus  dent  Geheite  der 
romanischen  iind  englischen  Philologie  (2d  ed.,  Leipz., 
1893),  and  G.  Fock's  Catalogus  dissertationum  philologic- 
ariim  classicarmn  (2  vols.,  Leipz.,  1894-99). 

10.     Magazines  and  Newspapers. 

Besides  Poole  and  its  larger  supplements,  there  is  the 
Annual  Literary  Index  (N.  Y.,  1892-99),  which  indexes 
over  120  leading  American  and  English  periodicals ;  also  the 
Cumulative  Index  to  Periodicals  (Minneap.,  1896  to  date), 
issued  monthly,  and  cumulated  quarterly.  A  school  edition 
of  Poole  will  appear  shortly.  There  is  an  English  work 
issued  by  the  Review  of  Reviews,  entitled  the  Annual  Index 
to  Periodicals  (Lond.,  1890-99)  ;  it  is  well  compiled,  but 
has  no  author-list.  Current  Literature  gives  monthly  a 
magazine  reference-list  classed  under  nine  heads.  The 
English  and  the  American  Review  of  Reviews  (monthly) 
give  contents  of  the  principal  foreign  as  well  as  home 
magazines.  French  reviews  are  indexed  in  D.  Jordell's 
Repertoire  hiblio graphique  des  principales  revues  fran- 
gaises  (Paris,  1897  to  date),  which  gives  author-  as  well  as 
subject-indexes.  The  publications  indexed  in  F.  Dietrich's 
Bibliographie  der  deutschen  Zeitschr  if  ten-Liter  atur,  1896- 
99  (6  vols.,  Leipzig)  are  scholarly  in  character;  there  are 
author-  and  subject-lists,  but  the  references  are  awkward; 
announcement  is  made  that  future  issues  will  contain  a 
supplement  of  the  Recensionen  appearing  in  about  1,000 
German  journals. 

The  London  Times  is  the  only  daily  journal  in  the  world 
completely  indexed.     The  New  York  Tribune  Index  ( 1875- 

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Memoranda  of  Additional  Books. 


99)  J  and  the  New  York  Times  Index  (1863-96)  are  of 
more  value  for  home  affairs.  These  indexes  will  in  many 
cases  serve  equally  well  for  other  newspapers. 

II.     English  Essays. 

The  A.  L.  A.  Index  to  General  Literature  (Boston,  1893) 
indexes  about  1500  volumes  of  biographical,  historical,  and 
literary  essays  and  sketches ;  a  greatly  enlarged  edition  will 
be  published  shortly.  It  is  supplemented  by  the  Annual 
Literary  Index  {supra),  which  analyzes  each  year  about  60 
composite  books. 

12.     Bibliographies  of  Selected  Topics. 
a.     History  and  Biography. 

The  most  valuable  treatises  on  historical  method  are  E. 
Bernheim's  Lehrbuch  der  historischen  Methode  (2nd  ed., 
Leipzig,  1894),  and  C.  V.  Langlois  and  C.  Seignobos'  Intro- 
duction aitx  etudes  historiques  (Paris,  1898;  transl.  by 
G.  G.  Berry,  Lond.  and  N.  Y.,  1898).  Berry's  translation 
of  the  latter  work  has  indexes  which  are  wanting  in  the 
original. 

C.  V.  Langlois  has  a  volume  on  Instruments  bibliogra- 

phiques  in  his  Manuel  de  biblio graphie  historique  (Paris, 
1896).  C.  K.  Adams'  Manual  of  Historical  Literature 
(3d  ed.,  N.  Y.,  1889)  comprises  "brief  descriptions  of  the 
most  important  histories."  R.  Flint's  History  of  the  Phil- 
osophy of  History  (Vol.  i,  N.  Y.,  1894)  is  the  best  of  its 
kind.  The  I ahresb.  d.  Geschichtswissenschaft  (Berlin,  1878 
to  date),  the  Historische  Zeitschrift  (Miinchen,  1859  to 
date),  and  the  Revue  historique  (Paris,  1876  to  date)  con- 
tain excellent  summaries  and  estimates  of  new  books  and 
reviews. 

The  best  introduction  to  ancient  history  is  C.  Wachsmuth's 
Einleitung  in  das  Studium  d.  alten  Geschichte  (Leipz.,  1895). 
The  Handbuch  d.  klass.  Altertuniszuissenschaft,  edited  by 

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Memoranda  of  Additional  Books. 


I.  von  Miiller  (i6  vols.,  Miinchen,  1886-1900),  and  the 
Handbiicher  d.  alien  Geschichte  (8  vols.,  Gotha,  1886,  etc., 
still  publishing)  contain  useful  classified  bibliographies. 
For  the  Middle  Ages  consult  A.  Potthast's  Bibliotheca  his- 
torica  medii  aevi  [to  1500]  (2d  ed.,  2  vols.,  Berlin,  1896). 

For  France  see  G.  Monod's  Bibliographie  de  I'histoire  de 
France  [to  1789]  (Paris,  1888).  For  Germany,  F.  C. 
Dahlmann  and  G.  Waltz's  Quellenkunde  der  dentschen  Ge- 
schichte (6th  ed.  by  E.  Steindorff,  Gottingen,  1894),  and  the 
Deutsche  Zeitschrift  fiir  Geschichtswissenschaft  (Freiburg, 
1889  to  date).  For  the  United  States,  E.  Channing  and 
A.  B.  Hart's  Guide  to  the  Study  of  American  History 
(Boston,  1896),  J.  Winsor's  History  of  America  (8  vols., 
Boston,  1884-89),  and  his  Reader's  Handbook  of  the  Ameri- 
can Revolution  (Boston,  1880).  The  American  Library 
Association  has  in  preparation  an  Annotated  Bibliography 
of  American  History,  edited  by  J.  N.  Earned.  See  also 
A.  P.  C.  Griffin's  Index  of  the  Literature  of  American  Local 
History  (to  1889  in  the  Boston  Public  Library  Bulletin, 
vols.  5-6;  1890-95  published  separately,  Boston,  1896),  and 
the  American  Historical  Reviezv. 

C.  Gross's  Sources  and  Literature  of  English  History 
[to  1485]  contains  a  systematic  survey  of  sources,  and 
a  selection  of  secondary  literature;  it  is  proposed  to 
supplement  the  work  to  date.  The  best  accounts  of  the 
chroniclers  are  found  in  T.  D.  Hardy's  Descriptive  Catalogue 
of  Materials  relating  to  the  History  of  Great  Britain  and 
Ireland  [to  1327]  (Rolls  Series,  4  parts,  Lond.,  1862-71), 
to  which  valuable  additions  were  made  by  R.  Pauli  and 
F.  Liebermann  in  Monumenta  Germaniae  historical  Scrip- 
tores,  vols.  13,  27-28  (Hannover,  1881-88)  ;  and  in  J.  M. 
Lappenberg  and  R.  Pauli's  Geschichte  von  England  [to 
1509]  (5  vols.,  Hamb.,  1834-58)  which  gives,  at  the  end 
of  each  subject,  a  critical  review  of  the  sources  and 
secondary  literature.  The  second  volume  of  S.  R.  Gardiner 
and  J.  B.  Mulhnger's  Introduction  to  the  Study  of  English 


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History  (London,  1894)  is  entirely  devoted  to  a  description 
of  "Authorities." 

See  also  S.  R.  Scargill-Bird's  Guide  to  the  Principal 
Classes  of  Documents  in  the  Public  Record  Office  (2d  ed., 
Lond.,  1896),  and  the  English  Historical  Review  (Lond., 
1886  to  date). 

For  general  American  bio-bibliography  see  Appleton's 
Cyclopaedia  of  American  Biography  (7  vols.,  N.  Y,,  1887- 
1900),  and  the  National  Cyclopaedia  of  American  Biography 
(10  vols.,  N.  Y.,  1898-1900)  ;  the  best,  however,  is  Lamb's 
Biographical  Dictionary  of  the  United  States,  ed.  by  J.  H. 
Brown  (vols.  1-3,  A-H,  Bost.,  1900).  D.  S.  Durrie's  Index- 
to  American  Genealogies  (5th  ed.,  Albany,  1900)  is  the 
best  guide  on  this  subject.  For  England,  the  Dictionary 
of  National  Biography  (63  vols.,  Lond.,  1885-1900)  is  best; 
two  supplementary  volumes  to  be  issued  shortly  will-  bring 
the  record  to  1900.  France  possesses  no  national  biography, 
but  J.  C.  F.  Hoefer's  Nouvelle  biographic  generate  (46 
vols.,  Paris,  1855-66)  "puisse  presque  tenir  lieu  d'une 
biographic  particuliere  a  notre  pays."  Germany  has  the 
Allgemeine  deutsche  Biographic  (46  vols.,  Leipzig,  1875- 
1900). 

For  contemporary  biography  see  Who's  Who?  (the  last 
ed.,  Lond.,  1901,  incorporates  Men  and  Women  of  the 
Time)  ;  Who's  Who  in  America?  (Chicago,  1899)  ;  and 
G.  Vapereau's  Dictionnaire  des  contemporains  (last  ed., 
Paris,  1893). 

b.     Archaeology  and  Art. 

A.  Man's  carefully  classified  Katalog  der  Bibliothek  des 
Kais.  deutschen  archdologischen  Instituts  in  Rom  (vol.  i, 
Rome,  1900)  is  the  most  comprehensive  bibliography  yet 
issued.  K.  Sittl's  Archdologie  der  Kunst  (in  L  von  Miiller's 
Handbuch  d.  klass.  Altertumswiss,  VL,  Miinchen,  1895) 
and  K.  B.  Stark's  Systematik  u.  Geschichte  d.  Archdologie 
d.  Kunst  (Leipzig,  1880)  are  the  best  guides  to  the  ancient 

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world.  Current  bibliographies  are  found  in  the  Jahrhuch 
d.  Kais.  deutschen  archdologischcn  Institiits  (Berlin,  1886  to 
date),  and  in  C.  Bursian's  Jahresh.  d.  class.  Altertumswissen- 
schaft  (Berlin,  1873  to  date).  For  Christian  antiquities  see 
V.  Schultze's  Archdologie  d.  altchristlichen  K tins t (Miinchen, 
1895)  ;  F.  X.  Kraus's  Real-Encyklopddie  der  christlichen 
Altertiimer  (2  vols.,  Freiburg,  1882-86)  ;  and  W.  Smith  and 
S.  Cheetham's  Dictionary  of  Christian  Antiquities  [to  814] 
(2  vols.,  Lond.,  1875-80).  E.  Vinet's  unfinished  Bibli- 
ographic mcthodiqne  des  beaux-arts  (2  vols.,  Paris,  1874- 
yy)  is  still  the  best  general  guide.  See  also  the  American 
Library  Association's  Annotated  Bibliography  of  the  Fine 
Arts,  edited  by  R.  Sturgis  and  H.  E.  Krehbiel  (Boston, 
1897),  and  the  first  volume  of  J.  D.  Champlin  and  C.  C. 
Perkins's  Cyclopaedia  of  Painting  and  Painters'  (4  vols., 
N.  Y.,  1886-87) .  The  Catalogue  of  the  Avery  Architectural 
Library  at  Columbia  College  (N.  Y.,  1895)  is  an  author- 
and  title-list  of  some  13,000  works  on  historical  architecture, 
sculpture,  and  the  other  decorative  arts;  a  subject-list  is 
promised.  The  Repertorium  filr  Kunstwissenschaft  ( Stutt- 
gart and  Berlin,  1876  to  date)  contains  semi-annual  bibli- 
ographical lists. 

c.     Classical  Philology  and  Literature. 

The  best  introduction  to  general  philology  is  A.  Boeckh's 
Encyclopadie  der  philologischen  Wis  sense  haft  en  (2d  ed.,  by 
R.  Klussmann,  Leipzig,  1886).  For  classical  philology  see 
E.  Hiibner's  Bibliographic  der  klass.  Altertumswissenschaf- 
ten  (2d  ed.,  Berlin,  1889)  ;  the  second  volume  of  L  von 
Miiller's  Handbuch{2d  ed.,  Miinchen,  1890)  ;and  A.  Pauly's 
Real-Encyclopddie  (3d  ed.,  by  G.  Wissowa,  now  publish- 
ing). W.  Engelmann's  Bibliotheca  scriptorum  classicoruni 
gr.  et  lot.  (2  vols.,  Leipzig,  1880-82)  lists  the  editions  and 
critical  works  (including  periodical  literature)  from  1750  to 
1878,  in  continuation  of  the  work  of  J.  A.  Fabricius.  J.  B. 
Mayor's  Guide  to  the  Choice  of  Classical  Books  (2d  ed., 


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Lond.,  1885)  gives  special  prominence  to  English  editions. 
The  bibliography  of  Greek  literature  in  vol.  7  of  I.  von 
Miiller's  Handbuch  (2d  ed.,  Miinchen,  1890)  is  not  so  full 
as  that  for  Roman  literature  in  vol.  8  of  the  same  work. 
C.  Bursian's  Jahresh.  d.  class.  Altertiimsivissenschaft  {Berlin, 
1873  to  date)  is  the  best  of  the  annual  reports,  and  its 
bibliographies  form  the  best  supplement  to  Engelmann. 


d.     Italian  Philology  and  Literature. 

G.  Korting's  Encyklopddie  d.  roman.  Philologie  (3  vols., 
Heilbronn,  1884-86;  abridged  ed.,  1896),  and  G.  Grober's 
Grimdriss  d.  roman.  Philologie  (2  vols.,  Strassburg,  1888- 
97)  §"ive  abundant  bibliographies.  The  Jahreshericht  d. 
roman.  Philologie  began  in  1892,  and  the  Zeitschrift  fUr 
roman.  Philologie  in  1875. 

The  notices  in  A.  d'Ancona  and  O.  Bacci's  Mannale  della 
letteratura  italiana  [1300-1896]  (5  vols.,  Florence,  1895- 
96)  are  excellent  from  the  bibliographical  point  of  view. 
A.  Gaspary's  Geschichte  d.  italien.  Literatur  (2  vols.,  Berlin,. 
1885-88)  is  the  best  of  all  the  larger  histories,  but  is  unfortu- 
nately left  incomplete,  breaking  off  at  the  Renaissance ;  the 
Italian  translation  by  N.  Zingarelli  (2  vols.,  Turin,  1887-91) 
has  better  bibliographies ;  the  English  translation  by  H. 
Oelsner  covers  only  the  period  to  the  death  of  Dante,  but 
supplements  the  bibliographical  notes  to  1899.  Only  three 
volumes  of  G.  Korting's  Geschichte  d.  Litteratur  Italiens 
(Leipzig.,  1878-84)  have  been  published;  they  deal  respec- 
tively with  "Petrarca,"  "Boccaccio,"  and  "Die  Anfange  d. 
Renaissancelitteratur.'' 

G.  Ottini  and  G.  Fumagalli's  Bibliotheca  bibliographica 
italica  (Rome,  1889)  is  a  list  of  bibliographies  published  in 
or  relating  to  Italy. 

The  Bibliografia  dantesca  of  P.  Colomb  de  Batines  (2  v. 
in  3,  Prato,  1845-46;  Indice,  1883)  was  continued  by  C.  F. 
Carpellini    in    his    Letteratura    dantesca,    1845-65    (Siena,. 

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i866).  J.  Petzholdt's  Bibliographia  dantea  ah  anno  1865 
inchoata  (new  ed.,  Dresd.,  1880)  is  supplemented  in  the 
Neuer  Anseiger  for  1884.  See  also  G.  Biagi's  Giunte  e 
correzioni  inedite  alia  "Bibliografia  dantesca"  (Florence, 
1888).  W.  C.  Lane's  Dante  Collections  in  the  Harvard  Col- 
lege and  Boston  Public  Libraries  (Harvard,  1890),  and 
T.  W.  Koch's  great  Catalogue  of  the  Dante  Collection  at 
Cornell  (2  vols.,  Ithaca,  1898-1900)  are  essential. 

G.  J.  Ferrazzi's  Bibliografia  petrarchesca  (Bassano,  1878) 
and  his  Bibliografia  ariostesca  (Bassano,  1881)  are  the  best 
guides  to  these  authors.  A.  Solerti's  Vita  di  Torquato  Tasso 
(3  vols.,  1895)  contains  excellent  bibliographies;  and  the 
author  has  since  published  (in  the  Rivista  delle  Biblioteche, 
1896)  a  bibliography  of  all  that  appeared  on  the  occasion  of 
the  third  centenary  of  the  death  of  Tasso. 

e.     French  Philology  and  Literature. 

Works  on  the  Romance  languages  in  general  are  given 
at  the  head  of  the  preceding  section  (12  d). 

L.  Petit  de  Julleville's  Histoire  de  la  langue  et  de  la 
litter ature  frangaise  des  origines  a  ipoo  (8  vols.,  Paris, 
1896-99)  is  the  best  guide  in  this  department.  Of  the 
smaller  works,  F.  Brunetiere's  Manuel  de  Vhistoire  de  la 
litt.  frangaise  (Paris,  1898)  pays  most  attention  to  bibli- 
ography. For  Old  French  consult  the  bibliographical  notes 
appended  to  G.  Paris'  Litterature  frangaise  au  nioyen  age 
(Paris,  1898). 

H.  P.  Thieme's  La  litterature  frangaise  du  ig^  siecle 
(Paris,  1897)  is  a  list  of  the  works  of  some  200  authors, 
with  a  selection  of  biographical  and  critical  notices  appear- 
ing in  essays,  periodicals,  etc. 

Many  valuable  monograph  bibliographies  exist.  Amongst 
them  are  E.  Picot's  Bibliographie  cornelienne  (Paris,  1876)  ; 
the  Bibliographie  molieresque  of  P.  Lacroix  (Paris,  1875), 
and  that  forming  the  ninth  volume  of  the  Oeuvres  de  Moliere, 
edited  by  P.  Mesnard  and  E.  Despois  (ii  vols.,  Paris,  1873- 

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93)  I  H.  M.  Boiirseaud's  Oiivrages  de  Bossuet  (nouv.  ed., 
Paris,  1897)  ;  and  M.  Clouard's  Bibliographie  d' Alfred  dc 
Musset  (Paris,   1883). 

The  best  list  of  current  publications  is  that  given  in  the 
Zeifschriff  fi'ir  franzosische  Sprache  und  Literatur  (1879 
to  date). 


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